When Sister Cheng came back in the evening, Du Ruo planned to say goodbye: "Something happened at home, I have to go back tomorrow. You are welcome to visit my home when you have time."
Sister Cheng was a little surprised: "Sister, you are leaving so soon. I haven't asked you to stay at home for two more days. Why don't you wait a few days before leaving? I will make you some dumplings. We will make dumplings with wild vegetables from the mountains. They are delicious. I guarantee that you city people have never eaten them before."
Du Ruo smiled and shook her head: "I got a call from home. The child has been restless recently. I have to go back quickly."
When she heard that the child was restless, Sister Cheng did not try to keep him. Now the family only has this one child, and they are all little emperors and little princesses. Which mother would not worry about him?
She said regretfully, "Now you know my home. Come and visit me next time you pass by. I'll make dumplings for you."
Du Ruo packed up at night and prepared to go to bed. Lying on the bed, she thought that she would not wait for Ling Yun and go home first. If she hurried, she might be able to make it to Ji Bailin's engagement ceremony.
Listening to the cicadas chirping outside the window, Du Ruo fell asleep in a daze.
In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard someone talking under the window in front of me.
"I'll go in and cover that bitch's mouth first. You tie her up with a rope. Be quick."
"Don't worry, big brother. How much strength can such a delicate woman have? I can hold her down with one hand."
"Third brother, you must not let your guard down and alert others. The houses in this village are all next to each other. If we make a noise, we won't be able to leave."
"Brother, can you be sure that this woman has all our things? Did she really take them? She just came yesterday, how could she move so quickly?"
"Not necessarily, but we all know everyone in this village, so who else could it be? They treat those things as junk. If you give them to them for free, they'll have to think about it. Besides this woman, who else could it be?"
"Maybe it was those two men from Old Li's family who did it? Didn't they just come here a few days ago?"
"Get this woman away first, then go find those two men."
Du Ruo cursed in her heart, isn't this bullying? It's simply bullying the weak who are afraid of the strong. She didn't dare to go find the two bodyguards of the Yuan family, so she was bullied first.
Du Ruo was feeling anxious when he heard two soft knocks on the back window.
"Boss Du, please open the back window. I'll catch you. Please come out."
Du Ruo quietly opened the latch of the rear window and saw two bodyguards from the Yuan family standing under the rear window, gesturing at her and asking her to jump out quickly.
The sound of prying open the window in front was heard. Du Ruo did not dare to delay. He quickly packed his clothes, put on his backpack, and jumped out from the back window sill.
Two bodyguards reached out one on each side to help her, and the three of them quickly disappeared into the night.
As the group ran, the dogs in the village began barking one after another. The large bodyguard, Yuan Qi, said, "Oh no! Once the dogs bark, the people behind us will know we're heading this way. Xiaowu, I'll lead them over there first. You and Mr. Du go up the mountain first."
Yuan Wu said solemnly: "We are not familiar with the terrain here, let's go together."
He observed the terrain and pointed forward, "Go that way!"
Yuan Qi didn't care about being shy. He reached out and grabbed Du Ruo's arm, dragging her along.
The faint sound of a dog barking could be heard from behind. It must be that those people discovered that Du Ruo had run away and were chasing after him.
Yuan Wu held Du Ruo's other arm, and he and Yuan Qi dragged her along, one on each side.
It wasn't until they reached the mountain road and Yuan Wu turned on his flashlight that Du Ruo realized something was wrong. She said in surprise, "Where are we going? Why do we seem to be heading to the same cave we were in yesterday?"
Yuan Wu explained as he ran, "These people are most likely the owners of the things in the cave. They might have heard something and ran to get the things. When they found that the things were missing, they came to us."
"How do they know it was us who took it?" Du Ruo asked breathlessly while running.
"There are only three strangers like us in this village. People will definitely be suspicious of us first." Mr. Du looks smart and clever, why is he talking nonsense?
Du Ruo ran a few steps and stopped, looking at the nearby cave in surprise: "Shouldn't we run somewhere else? Why are we in someone's hiding place?"
"There are many people here, and we are few in number. Even if the two of us can escape, the three of us can't leave. The most dangerous place is the safest place. Let's hide here first, and wait until they chase us far away, then we can go down the mountain."
Du Ruo twitched her lips. What the other person meant was that she was a burden. Well, when it came to running away, she was indeed not good at it.
A few people ran to the entrance of the cave, and found that the grass at the entrance had indeed been trampled flat, which meant that quite a few people had come.
Yuan Wu made a gesture, indicating that everyone should not go in for the time being. Several people hid at the edge of the cave and waited for a while, but heard no movement.
Yuan Wu stood up first, and Yuan Qi pressed Du Ruo's shoulders, telling her not to move.
Yuan Wu quietly moved forward along the stone wall of the cave and slipped in. After a while, he came out again and gestured to Yuan Qi, indicating him to bring Du Ruo in quickly.
Du Ruo walked into the cave and shone the flashlight in his hand. The cave was quite spacious, but it was pitch black in front and he didn't know where it led to.
There were traces of things piled up in the cave, as well as some broken ceramic fragments.
Du Ruo walked over and picked up the ceramic fragments on the ground. Using the flashlight, she looked at the patterns on the fragments. Yuan Qi glanced at her hand and said, "This pattern is very similar to the patterns on the clay figurines made in the village next door. It seems that they came from the same place. That place should not be far away."
Yuan Wu said, "As long as we can survive tonight, we should be safe tomorrow. I received a call while delivering something. Mr. Yuan is almost there. He told us not to confront them head-on. They will be in the village tomorrow at the latest. If they can't find us tonight, we won't have to worry about them tomorrow."
Du Ruo's heart skipped a beat. Yuan Tingchuan is here?
Yuan Qi ran out of the cave, gathered a pile of hay and brought it back.
He made two grass nests in the corner of the cave, waved to the two men and said, "Let's rest here for a while. We'll go down the mountain when it's daybreak. Those people won't dare to do anything in broad daylight. Let's take a bus back to the county to meet Mr. Yuan."
Yuan Qi turned off the flashlight, leaving only the faint light in Yuan Wu's hand. He said to Du Ruo, "Mr. Du, could you please turn off your flashlight as well? Firstly, to prevent the light from leaking out, and secondly, we don't know what's going on yet, so we have to use it sparingly."
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